Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Ilene Woods
Cinderella (voice)
Eleanor Audley
Lady Tremaine (voice)
Verna Felton
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Claire Du Brey
(credit only) (voice)
Rhoda Williams
Drizella (voice)
James MacDonald
Gus / Jaq (voice)
Helene Stanley
(credit only)
Luis van Rooten
King / Grand Duke (voice)
Don Barclay
Doorman (voice)
Lucille Bliss
Anastasia (voice)
Jeffrey Stone
(voice)
Mike Douglas
Prince Charming (singing voice)
William Phipps
Prince Charming (voice)
Earl Keen
Bruno (voice)
John Woodbury
(voice)
Lucille Williams
Perla - a Mouse (voice)
June Foray
Lucifer (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft
(voice)
Clint McCauley
Mouse (voice)
June Sullivan
Mouse (voice)
Helen Seibert
Mouse (voice)
Marion Darlington
Birds (voice)
Betty Lou Gerson
Narrator (voice)
Director
Hamilton Luske
Director
Wilfred Jackson
Director
Clyde Geronimi
Lyricist
Mack David
Lyricist
Jerry Livingston
Lyricist
Al Hoffman
Novel
Charles Perrault
Story
Ted Sears
Story
Bill Peet
Story
Ken Anderson
Story
Winston Hibler
Story
Erdman Penner
Story
Joe Rinaldi
Story
Homer Brightman
Story
Harry Reeves
December 27, 2022
7
A classy and stylish adaptation of the ancient riches-rags-riches tale of "Cinderella"; a young girl who finds herself little more than a skivvy in her own home. When her evil stepmother receives an invitation to the Palace for a ball in honour of the Prince; she and her two selfish and spoilt daughters pull out all the stops. They leave our heroine alone at home where she encounters an old hag. Next thing, after a gloriously colourful spree of magic spell-weaving, she is dressed in ultimate finery and heading for the palace in a glittering carriage drawn by the finest horses in the land. The rest of the story is the stuff of true fairy tale legend. The animations are, once again, magnificently detailed and the score featuring "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" is great fun too. There are, for my money, too many talking beasties - particularly the mice. The squeaky voices, slapstick comedy (especially "Gus") and accompanying wind instruments grate after a while; the characterisation of Cinderella is so heavily endowed with saccharin as to be syrupy. That said, the story is well told in an an engaging fashion with some good human characters (particularly the King) and some stunning creative imagery.